After the college season came to a conclusion he played with the Glen Shields Sun Devils in the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

[6] He was also named to the Canada national soccer team roster for a friendly against Germany, but did not feature in the match.

[10][11][12] In 2006, he was released by Haugesund, which marked his return to Canada to sign with the Serbian White Eagles of the Canadian Soccer League.

[17] In 2009, he assisted Serbia in securing their third division title and reached the championship final for the fourth time, but were defeated by the Attak in a penalty shootout.

He briefly returned to soccer in 2013 to play with K-W United FC in the USL Premier Development League.

[20] Budalic served as director of soccer operations for K-W United, leading the team to the PDL championship in 2015.

[21] He was also an assistant coach for the women's and men's soccer teams at Wilfrid Laurier University and director of football for Beswicks Sports North America[21] before joining Orlando City on 26 January 2016, as an assistant general manager, where he had to report directly to founder and president Phil Rawlins.